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Ancient DNA reveals Iron Age society led by women
Recent breakthroughs in genetic analysis are now shedding light on the lives and social structures of these ancient communities. A unique burial site in Dorset has revealed a society centered on ...
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Ancient DNA Reveals Women Central to Celtic Britain's Social Networks
An analysis of ancient DNA from a late Iron Age cemetery in Dorset, southwest England ... examined 57 graves from a site dating back to between 100 B.C. and 200 A.D. and found that two-thirds ...
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Ancient burials reveal ‘remarkable’ women-dominated society in UK. ‘Relatively rare’
The site was primarily used before the Roman conquest ... suggesting this matriarchal focus isn’t unique to ancient Dorset. This led researchers to take a look at other genetic studies conducted ...
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Ancient DNA from graves reveals "jaw-dropping" discovery about Iron Age women in U.K., scientists say
An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset in southwest England shows ... variation among European archaeological sites spanning six millennia, British Iron Age cemeteries ...
Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain – supporting decades of archaeology
A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient DNA analysis and testing, a team led by Dr Lara Cassidy and Professor Daniel ...
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Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centered on women
They retrieved over 50 ancient genomes from a set of burial grounds in Dorset, southern England ... The researchers sampled DNA from a site near the village of Winterborne Kingston, nicknamed ...